Do you craft with a Cricut? Are you wanting 1 Cricut Cartridge that you can use for all your everyday projects? Pick one of Close to my Heart Cricut Collections. They are loaded with over 700 images. Each Collection also includes stamps that go along with the Cricut Cuts.

July Stamp of the Month - Life is wonderful is
Free this month
When you buy $25 of stamps

Wow, I can’t believe its August already! Where has this summer gone? It’s almost time for the kids to go back to school, but first check out some fun NEW Close to my Heart Products just release in August. It’s like a great sneak peak before many more NEW Products being released in September when we get NEW Idea Book & Holiday Book.

I hope you are enjoying your summer. I am off of school and enjoying it with my girls. I wanted to take a moment to share with you such a fun, cute stamp set from Close to my Heart. It is a special for June. Check out the June Stamp of the Month, Ice Cream Dream. It is only $5 when you place an order of $50 or more.

This stamp set would be so much fun to color in with Copics, ShinHan, or Color Pencils. Great for making cards, fun summer scrapbook pages, or even kids crafts. Don’t wait until its too late. Order this stamp set now and take advantage of this great deal.

If you have any questions or anything I can help you with, let me know. I love teaching and inspiring others to create their own Simple Creations. Leave me a comment or contact me through email. I would love to hear from you.

Have you wondered where I have been? I have truly missed you. I have still been creating, but I haven’t had time to post my projects with you. If you follow me on YouTube or Instagram you have still saw some of my Simple Creations.

I have been subbing at the school my girls go to since February full time. Because of working 3 jobs I haven’t found the time to spend blogging like I want to. I am sorry, I am trying to balance life during this season I am in. I find myself only able to create on the weekends that we don’t have plans.

A few weeks ago I took a really hard test, that I crammed the whole weekend for it, so I could qualify to be a Special Education ParaProfessional. I am so excited I passed the test. It was only with God’s help. Since I passed the ParaPro Test I was hired for the job I have been working at, at the school. So there are some exciting changes in my life.

The same day I took my test we went to a White Sox’s game as a family. Even though we went on a school night, and left by the 7th inning, it was so much fun. It was a nice get away and break to the business of life. It is important to take time and make memories with family.

Here is a project I create recently with supplies from the New Seasonal Expressions 2.

To stamp on this card I used a masking technique. That means I covered part of the card to stamp it in 2 different colors. First, I stamped the phrase on a scrap paper. Then, I cut it out to seperate the parts that I wanted to stamp in different colors. Finally, I placed the scrap paper over the spots I wanted to hide each time I stamped it.

To finish off the card I used Liquid Glass on the word Life and on the Love It splat.

We were invited to a birthday party at the last minute. I needed a card I could make quickly so this is what I came up with, using the Artfully Sent Cricut Collection. This cartridge did all the work. Watch the video below to see me make it. Literally design, cut, stamp, and put together in less than 15 minutes.

Close to my Heart has so many great products! We are getting ready to say goodbye to some of my favorite products on March 31st, 2015. However, April 1st we get to welcome some more amazing products. So before the Seasonal Expression 1 is no longer current I want to show you some of these amazing products. If you like what you see then go ahead a place an order before it’s too late and you can’t get it any more.

Hopscotch is one of my favorite paper packs. It has bright colors perfect for spring. You will no longer be able to order it after March 31st.

The Hopscotch Scrapbooking Program is another amazing product. Let me tell you why…

Includes:

20- 4″ x 6″ cards

36 – 3″ x 4″ cards

Great for scrapbooking, accents on cards, note cards, and so much more. These make your crafting life easier.

To see more of this product check out this review video I made for you.

Now’s your chance…

If you would like to purchase these amazing products before they are gone then click on the pictures below.

Hopscotch Scrapbooking Program

Hopscotch Paper Pack

If you like what you see then please follow, share, & comment.

Right now I have a goal of selling $300 so I can earn a rolling tote. Help make that possible for me.

Can I tell you, I love the Hopscotch Paper from Close to my Heart? It is so fun, bright, and cheery. I made a video and Hopscotch scrapbook layout for you to enjoy. I wanted to highlight some of these products because they won’t be available after March 31, 2015. One of those is the Hopscotch Paper Pack. So order them before it’s too late from www.simplecreations.ctmh.com

Close to my Heart

Supplies used:

Click on any items below to order any supplies you need.

Some of them will not be available after March 31, 2015 so be sure to order now.

Today at school my girls were able to dress up as something they want to be when they grow up. One of them wants to be a teacher and the other one wants to be an astronaut. To go with their outfits I made work badges for them to wear. Both of them were adhered to an old plastic pass. Then I punched a hole and hung it on a lanyard.

I quickly designed them using the new iPad app. Then I cut it out of vinyl with my Cricut Explore. Using vinyl made it easier to transfer all the letters.

Cricut just released a new iPad app. It is Design Space, the program we use to design and cut on the Cricut Explore machine. Now you can design anywhere you want, on your iPad.
Currently most people use iPads. So the app has only been created for the iPad. In the future they plan to make one for android users.

Important Facts:
⭐️ design anywhere & save to your Cricut account
⭐️ cut from the iPad – IF you have the Explore Air or and Explore with a Bluetooth wireless card.
⭐️ if your Explore machine isn’t wireless you can still cut from Design Studio on your computer. Just be sure to save what you created on the iPad app. Then open the file in Design Studio on your computer.
⭐️ the app looks a little different than design studio on the computer but it is very easy to use

Go to the App Store and down load Design Space on your iPad. Try it today. I’m sure you will love this convenience. Now I can sit on my couch to design. Love it!

Each month Close to my Heart offers great specials for you to get crafting supplies to assist in your projects or memory keeping. Let me share with you the Close to my Heart Album Special for February 2015.

Let me share these gorgeous albums with you.

We have 2 different styles for you to choose from.

D – Ring – opens and closes easily like a binder

Post Bound – held together with 3 metal posts that can be unscrewed to move pages

In 3 different colors or patterns.

Lagoon Chevron – I have this pattern in the D-Ring style and I LOVE it!

Ruby Floral

Black

Here is a video Close to my Heart created to show you the great quality of our New Albums.

If you would like to take advantage of this

Album Special – Buy 1 Get 1 – 50% off click on the picture below.

Click here to order

If you have any question about close to my heart products or placing an order feel free to contact me through the contact form at the top.

I went to a Thirty-One party and purchased this organizer. I plan on using it to sort the mail and bills. Then once I pay the bill put it to be filed. I am so excited to organize the mail. I have piles of important papers all around the house. I’m hoping this will help with clutter. It came with glossy white cards in each slot. I knew it would be difficult to get a good stamp on glossy paper, so I cut my own white cardstock to stamp on instead.

I love how using Close to my Heart stamps and inks I could personalize these labels. I wasn’t sure which ones I wanted to use so I made an extra one.

Here are the supplies I used. Click on the links if you would like to purchase them for your own Simple Creations.